Last week I signed up for the Charlottesville Marathon which will be held the same weekend as my 30th birthday in April. With Darden's first quarter under my belt I couldn't help but scratch that athletic itch again. Having gained about 9 lbs since Ironman Lake Placid it was time to lace up the sneakers, place an order with PBN and get my butt back into shape. To make it even better my amazing girlfriend and some of my Darden classmates will be running the race with me.
One of my biggest disappointments from the 2008 season was having to pull out of the Shamrock Marathon. I have yet to run a stand alone Marathon and really want to push myself to run my best in it. With my Abbott Freestyle Navigator in hand (if I ever get it), solid nutrition plan and dedication to training I think a sub 4 hour marathon is very possible. Plus with all my training buddies here at Darden - the training should be fun!
I unfortunately had to tell Triabetes I will not be able to compete at IMAZ with them in 2009. The Darden schedule is just too demanding to train for 20 hours a week and I did not want to race an IM unprepared. I hope that my schedule will allow for about 10 hours a week of marathon training - I'm energized and ready to go!
4 comments:
Good luck with the training and the marathon itself...
i think you should run the extra 3.8 for the full 30th birthday experience! i will drink 30 beers in your honor after finishing the half :) yay for races in 2009!
congrat's on signing up for a marathon. We will miss having you for Triabetes 09. Perhaps in 2010!
Cheers,
Anne
hello, i am a 61 year old grandpa whose ten year old grandchild was diagnosed with type 1 a month ago. her mom ( my daughter) is a single parent and i play a big role in her life. i noticed her drinking a lot of water and reporting pain in her stomach and head a month ago and i read about these symptoms on the internet and took her for a urine test and that night we were in the hospital. she is back in school now and back to doing her modern and african dancing. we are still doing 3am glucose tests while the doctors try to get the insulin adjusted to where they won't be necessary. carb counting, learning to use a syringe, dealing with my fears, trying to not impose them on the kid....it has been a hard time but we are getting it together. i just wandered onto the internet in search of stuff on folks with type 1 and stumbled onto your site. no rhyme or reason to my wandering here in cyber space just trying to deal with my feelings and reading about your level of physical activity is helpful. thank you.
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